Veronique Christophe
@verochristo1.bsky.social
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
A. Einstein
A. Einstein
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Sometimes you like when I tell you about Ukrainian traditions.
Today, we honour Saint Kateryna the Great Martyr.
In pre-Christian times, this day was believed to celebrate a girl’s destiny, and later the Church linked it to Saint Kateryna, a symbol of womanhood.
One sweet tradition below
Today, we honour Saint Kateryna the Great Martyr.
In pre-Christian times, this day was believed to celebrate a girl’s destiny, and later the Church linked it to Saint Kateryna, a symbol of womanhood.
One sweet tradition below
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sometimes you like when I tell you about Ukrainian traditions.
Today, we honour Saint Kateryna the Great Martyr.
In pre-Christian times, this day was believed to celebrate a girl’s destiny, and later the Church linked it to Saint Kateryna, a symbol of womanhood.
One sweet tradition below
Today, we honour Saint Kateryna the Great Martyr.
In pre-Christian times, this day was believed to celebrate a girl’s destiny, and later the Church linked it to Saint Kateryna, a symbol of womanhood.
One sweet tradition below
My advice to anyone scrolling here, would be to not look away, but to read this particularly moving letter. It contains stories that go straight into the heart. The children of a nation are also its future. It is our responsibility to do everything we can to protect them. 🫂💙💛
You can read. Or scroll past.
You can stay. Or unfollow.
You can look into the eyes of truth. Or turn away.
Sunday Letter from Ukraine:
www.patreon.com/posts/144205...
You can stay. Or unfollow.
You can look into the eyes of truth. Or turn away.
Sunday Letter from Ukraine:
www.patreon.com/posts/144205...
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My advice to anyone scrolling here, would be to not look away, but to read this particularly moving letter. It contains stories that go straight into the heart. The children of a nation are also its future. It is our responsibility to do everything we can to protect them. 🫂💙💛
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❄️ Frost is settling. Ukraine enters its hardest winter yet, with cities swallowed by blackout.
And still, the defenders hold the line. What keeps them alive now is mobility: a truck 🛻 that pulls the wounded out and the essentials in.
With @69thsb.bsky.social, let’s send one more rolling 🔗👇🏻
And still, the defenders hold the line. What keeps them alive now is mobility: a truck 🛻 that pulls the wounded out and the essentials in.
With @69thsb.bsky.social, let’s send one more rolling 🔗👇🏻
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
❄️ Frost is settling. Ukraine enters its hardest winter yet, with cities swallowed by blackout.
And still, the defenders hold the line. What keeps them alive now is mobility: a truck 🛻 that pulls the wounded out and the essentials in.
With @69thsb.bsky.social, let’s send one more rolling 🔗👇🏻
And still, the defenders hold the line. What keeps them alive now is mobility: a truck 🛻 that pulls the wounded out and the essentials in.
With @69thsb.bsky.social, let’s send one more rolling 🔗👇🏻
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The Telegraph has leaked the full 24-point European peace proposal for Ukraine.
1. End the war and ensure it cannot restart.
2. Full unconditional ceasefire on land, in the sky and at sea.
3. Immediate technical talks on ceasefire monitoring with US and EU participation. 1/
1. End the war and ensure it cannot restart.
2. Full unconditional ceasefire on land, in the sky and at sea.
3. Immediate technical talks on ceasefire monitoring with US and EU participation. 1/
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Telegraph has leaked the full 24-point European peace proposal for Ukraine.
1. End the war and ensure it cannot restart.
2. Full unconditional ceasefire on land, in the sky and at sea.
3. Immediate technical talks on ceasefire monitoring with US and EU participation. 1/
1. End the war and ensure it cannot restart.
2. Full unconditional ceasefire on land, in the sky and at sea.
3. Immediate technical talks on ceasefire monitoring with US and EU participation. 1/
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Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
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The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.
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I have just released my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week, it is focused on Trump & Putin's 28-point plan they wish to impose on #Ukraine, but also includes Pacific security and my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
The Putin-Trump Pact is Afghanistan All Over Again, But With Much Worse Outcomes. The Big Five, 23 November edition
My regular update on war and strategic competition, with a focus on Trump and Putin's 28-point capitulation document imposed on Ukraine, as well as my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I have just released my regular update on war and strategic competition. This week, it is focused on Trump & Putin's 28-point plan they wish to impose on #Ukraine, but also includes Pacific security and my regular Big Five recommended reads.
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
mickryan.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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To judge from US media reporting, only 3 men elaborated the Ukraine capitulation proposal: Kirill Dmitriev, Witkoff & Jared Kushner.
European leaders said no.
Republican congressmen protested.
Rubio clarified he was not involved.
Trump eases his ultimatum to Ukraine.
European leaders said no.
Republican congressmen protested.
Rubio clarified he was not involved.
Trump eases his ultimatum to Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 4:48 AM
To judge from US media reporting, only 3 men elaborated the Ukraine capitulation proposal: Kirill Dmitriev, Witkoff & Jared Kushner.
European leaders said no.
Republican congressmen protested.
Rubio clarified he was not involved.
Trump eases his ultimatum to Ukraine.
European leaders said no.
Republican congressmen protested.
Rubio clarified he was not involved.
Trump eases his ultimatum to Ukraine.
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So many killed their deaths barely register. Still, Trump cozies up to murderers. Are we powerless? No - we can support 🇺🇦 defenders: buying 500m com cables for drone wall in Northeast. 72% done, €832 to go. Join us: euromaidanpress.com/lets-support...
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
So many killed their deaths barely register. Still, Trump cozies up to murderers. Are we powerless? No - we can support 🇺🇦 defenders: buying 500m com cables for drone wall in Northeast. 72% done, €832 to go. Join us: euromaidanpress.com/lets-support...
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A 7-year-old Polish girl and her mother died holding each other when a Russian missile destroyed their home in Ternopil.
🧵 1/6 ⬇️
🧵 1/6 ⬇️
November 22, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A 7-year-old Polish girl and her mother died holding each other when a Russian missile destroyed their home in Ternopil.
🧵 1/6 ⬇️
🧵 1/6 ⬇️
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According to Republican Senator Mike Rounds, Rubio told senators that the 28-point peace plan drawn up by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart, Kirill Dmitriev, was actually a Russian plan that the U.S. had agreed to pass along to Ukraine.
Rubio facing scrutiny after telling US senators that 28-point plan is a Russian proposal passed along to Ukraine
The U.S. bipartisan Senate delegation attending the Halifax International Security Forum had received a phone call from Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
In it, Rubio was quite frank.
According to Rep...
kyivindependent.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 AM
According to Republican Senator Mike Rounds, Rubio told senators that the 28-point peace plan drawn up by Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his Russian counterpart, Kirill Dmitriev, was actually a Russian plan that the U.S. had agreed to pass along to Ukraine.
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😟 Distraught by the images from Termopil and Kharkiv this morning.
Let’s push this fundraiser with @69thsb.bsky.social to equip the 153rd Brigade 🔗⬇️
Backing Ukraine is how we make sure the 21st century doesn’t slide back into the darkest times of the 20th!
Let’s push this fundraiser with @69thsb.bsky.social to equip the 153rd Brigade 🔗⬇️
Backing Ukraine is how we make sure the 21st century doesn’t slide back into the darkest times of the 20th!
The right to exist as a free nation is one of the most fundamental political concepts.
If 🇺🇦 falls, sovereignty becomes negotiable everywhere.
That’s why we’re partnering up with @69thsb.bsky.social to provide a #NAFO 🛻 to the mortar battery of 153rd.
Join us: www.help99.co/patches/belg...
If 🇺🇦 falls, sovereignty becomes negotiable everywhere.
That’s why we’re partnering up with @69thsb.bsky.social to provide a #NAFO 🛻 to the mortar battery of 153rd.
Join us: www.help99.co/patches/belg...
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
😟 Distraught by the images from Termopil and Kharkiv this morning.
Let’s push this fundraiser with @69thsb.bsky.social to equip the 153rd Brigade 🔗⬇️
Backing Ukraine is how we make sure the 21st century doesn’t slide back into the darkest times of the 20th!
Let’s push this fundraiser with @69thsb.bsky.social to equip the 153rd Brigade 🔗⬇️
Backing Ukraine is how we make sure the 21st century doesn’t slide back into the darkest times of the 20th!
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Latest Kramatorsk Diaries out now
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Kramatorsk #Donbas
paulconroy.substack.com/p/the-kramat...
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Kramatorsk #Donbas
paulconroy.substack.com/p/the-kramat...
The Kramatorsk Diaries part 36
Spinning plates...
paulconroy.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Latest Kramatorsk Diaries out now
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Kramatorsk #Donbas
paulconroy.substack.com/p/the-kramat...
#Ukraine #Russia #Putin #Kramatorsk #Donbas
paulconroy.substack.com/p/the-kramat...
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The aggressor is trying to exhaust 🇺🇦's forces & drain 🇪🇺's will.
With @69thsb.bsky.social, our goal is to keep supporting the defenders. Keep them mobile, equipped, alive.
A truck for a mortar team does exactly that.
Be tactical with your compassion 👇🏻🔗🙏
www.help99.co/patches/belg...
With @69thsb.bsky.social, our goal is to keep supporting the defenders. Keep them mobile, equipped, alive.
A truck for a mortar team does exactly that.
Be tactical with your compassion 👇🏻🔗🙏
www.help99.co/patches/belg...
The right to exist as a free nation is one of the most fundamental political concepts.
If 🇺🇦 falls, sovereignty becomes negotiable everywhere.
That’s why we’re partnering up with @69thsb.bsky.social to provide a #NAFO 🛻 to the mortar battery of 153rd.
Join us: www.help99.co/patches/belg...
If 🇺🇦 falls, sovereignty becomes negotiable everywhere.
That’s why we’re partnering up with @69thsb.bsky.social to provide a #NAFO 🛻 to the mortar battery of 153rd.
Join us: www.help99.co/patches/belg...
November 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The aggressor is trying to exhaust 🇺🇦's forces & drain 🇪🇺's will.
With @69thsb.bsky.social, our goal is to keep supporting the defenders. Keep them mobile, equipped, alive.
A truck for a mortar team does exactly that.
Be tactical with your compassion 👇🏻🔗🙏
www.help99.co/patches/belg...
With @69thsb.bsky.social, our goal is to keep supporting the defenders. Keep them mobile, equipped, alive.
A truck for a mortar team does exactly that.
Be tactical with your compassion 👇🏻🔗🙏
www.help99.co/patches/belg...
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Autumn, 1960. A watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Kateryna Bilokur. If you haven’t heard about this artist before, read a story of her incredible life below. You will be touched, inspired, shocked, and very moved.
daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-queen-...
daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-queen-...
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Autumn, 1960. A watercolor painting by Ukrainian artist Kateryna Bilokur. If you haven’t heard about this artist before, read a story of her incredible life below. You will be touched, inspired, shocked, and very moved.
daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-queen-...
daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-queen-...
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Almost entire east of democratic Ukraine, particularly the important east-central gas-producing areas, came under heavy Blitz air attack by fascist Russia overnight. Kyiv lost power around 0110, and my area now on a scheduled outage until 1130. Trains to/from east also delayed.
November 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Almost entire east of democratic Ukraine, particularly the important east-central gas-producing areas, came under heavy Blitz air attack by fascist Russia overnight. Kyiv lost power around 0110, and my area now on a scheduled outage until 1130. Trains to/from east also delayed.
A very personal and beautiful letter, with thoughts that let you reflect, and that will linger. Very recommended reading. 💙💛 ⬇️
A gentle note for my supporters.
Please check your email or follow the link –
the first Late Autumn-Winter War Diary entry has been published:
www.patreon.com/posts/142809...
Please check your email or follow the link –
the first Late Autumn-Winter War Diary entry has been published:
www.patreon.com/posts/142809...
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A very personal and beautiful letter, with thoughts that let you reflect, and that will linger. Very recommended reading. 💙💛 ⬇️
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Good people working hard in Ohio and getting results.
🚨 🚨
Huge movement in the formerly red suburbs of Greater Cincinnati tonight.
School board flips. Local city hall and township seats. Judicial flips.
All historic.
Flashing red light in what used to be biggest GOP strongholds in Ohio.
2026 is coming!!!!!
Huge movement in the formerly red suburbs of Greater Cincinnati tonight.
School board flips. Local city hall and township seats. Judicial flips.
All historic.
Flashing red light in what used to be biggest GOP strongholds in Ohio.
2026 is coming!!!!!
a large wave in the ocean is breaking
ALT: a large wave in the ocean is breaking
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Good people working hard in Ohio and getting results.
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NEW: Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to repatriate deported Ukrainian children, downplaying the massive scale and systematic nature of Russia’s deportation campaign and to advance Kremlin efforts to restore bilateral US-Russia relations. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
NEW: Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to repatriate deported Ukrainian children, downplaying the massive scale and systematic nature of Russia’s deportation campaign and to advance Kremlin efforts to restore bilateral US-Russia relations. 🧵(1/5)
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
Read more: isw.pub/RussianDepor...
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I learned about it today.
The Zhovkva Iconostasis
A seven-tier Baroque masterpiece by Ivan Rutkovych, created in 1697-1699 & carved from linden wood.
Measuring 10.85x11.87 meters, it was partly destroyed over the centuries but later restored –
one of the greatest treasures of Ukrainian sacred art
The Zhovkva Iconostasis
A seven-tier Baroque masterpiece by Ivan Rutkovych, created in 1697-1699 & carved from linden wood.
Measuring 10.85x11.87 meters, it was partly destroyed over the centuries but later restored –
one of the greatest treasures of Ukrainian sacred art
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I learned about it today.
The Zhovkva Iconostasis
A seven-tier Baroque masterpiece by Ivan Rutkovych, created in 1697-1699 & carved from linden wood.
Measuring 10.85x11.87 meters, it was partly destroyed over the centuries but later restored –
one of the greatest treasures of Ukrainian sacred art
The Zhovkva Iconostasis
A seven-tier Baroque masterpiece by Ivan Rutkovych, created in 1697-1699 & carved from linden wood.
Measuring 10.85x11.87 meters, it was partly destroyed over the centuries but later restored –
one of the greatest treasures of Ukrainian sacred art
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Kyiv
has many cozy bookstores.
They offer food for the brain (books)
and coffee for long, often sleepless nights.
Nations that read can think critically.
Please, read books.
has many cozy bookstores.
They offer food for the brain (books)
and coffee for long, often sleepless nights.
Nations that read can think critically.
Please, read books.
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Kyiv
has many cozy bookstores.
They offer food for the brain (books)
and coffee for long, often sleepless nights.
Nations that read can think critically.
Please, read books.
has many cozy bookstores.
They offer food for the brain (books)
and coffee for long, often sleepless nights.
Nations that read can think critically.
Please, read books.
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Glad you had a calm night in Kyiv!
A beautiful autumn mood video in the park, with birds still chirping. I notice how many creative people there are in Kyiv, writers, painters. Beauty and culture are deeply rooted in Ukraine.
Found an interesting article for you
ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
A beautiful autumn mood video in the park, with birds still chirping. I notice how many creative people there are in Kyiv, writers, painters. Beauty and culture are deeply rooted in Ukraine.
Found an interesting article for you
ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
“Culture Matters, the Book Is Here”: An Interview with the Founder of the “Sens” Bookstores
How one of Kyiv’s most recognizable bookstores operates in wartime.
ukraineworld.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Glad you had a calm night in Kyiv!
A beautiful autumn mood video in the park, with birds still chirping. I notice how many creative people there are in Kyiv, writers, painters. Beauty and culture are deeply rooted in Ukraine.
Found an interesting article for you
ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
A beautiful autumn mood video in the park, with birds still chirping. I notice how many creative people there are in Kyiv, writers, painters. Beauty and culture are deeply rooted in Ukraine.
Found an interesting article for you
ukraineworld.org/en/articles/...
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🔴 The latest UN report exposes Russia’s systematic use of drones and deportations drive civilians from their homes across Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
These are war crimes and crimes against humanity, part of a state policy of depopulation.
My comment ⬇️
These are war crimes and crimes against humanity, part of a state policy of depopulation.
My comment ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🔴 The latest UN report exposes Russia’s systematic use of drones and deportations drive civilians from their homes across Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia regions.
These are war crimes and crimes against humanity, part of a state policy of depopulation.
My comment ⬇️
These are war crimes and crimes against humanity, part of a state policy of depopulation.
My comment ⬇️
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That the Budapest meeting is off signals that Trump simply cannot help Ru fully/unconditionally. He's helping Pu waste time and he's refusing to help Ukraine win, but he won't meet w Pu when Ru openly insists on Ukr capitulation. My guess is the strong bipartisan support for Ukr constrains Trump.
October 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
That the Budapest meeting is off signals that Trump simply cannot help Ru fully/unconditionally. He's helping Pu waste time and he's refusing to help Ukraine win, but he won't meet w Pu when Ru openly insists on Ukr capitulation. My guess is the strong bipartisan support for Ukr constrains Trump.
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Illia and Nazar were separated by the war and hadn’t seen each other for a whole year. Finally, they met again in a surprise reunion organized by their parents.
Despite the time passed, they prove that true friendship is stronger than distance❤️
Despite the time passed, they prove that true friendship is stronger than distance❤️
October 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Illia and Nazar were separated by the war and hadn’t seen each other for a whole year. Finally, they met again in a surprise reunion organized by their parents.
Despite the time passed, they prove that true friendship is stronger than distance❤️
Despite the time passed, they prove that true friendship is stronger than distance❤️